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Ice multiplication from ice-ice collisions in the high Arctic: sensitivity to ice habit, rimed fraction and the spectral representation of the colliding particles
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2020 (English)In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, Vol. 2020, p. 1-39Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Atmospheric models often fail to correctly reproduce the microphysical structure of Arctic mixed-phase clouds and underpredict ice water content, even when simulations are constrained by the observed levels of ice nucleating particles. In this study we investigate whether ice multiplication from ice-ice collisions, a process missing in most models, can account for the observed cloud ice in a 20 stratocumulus cloud observed during the Arctic Summer Cloud Study campaign. Our results indicate that including ice-ice collisions can improve the modeled cloud water properties, but the degree of influence depends on other poorly constrained microphysical aspects that include ice habit, rimed fraction and cloud ice-to-snow autoconversion rate. Simulations with dendrites are less sensitive to variations in the assumed rimed fraction of the particle that undergoes break-up, compared to those with 25 planar ice. Activating cloud ice-to-snow autoconversion decreases the sensitivity of the break-up process to both the assumed ice habit and rimed fraction. Finally, adapting a relatively small value for the threshold diameter at which cloud ice is converted to snow enhances break-up efficiency and improves the macrophysical representation of the cloud. 

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2020. Vol. 2020, p. 1-39
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SWEDARCTIC 2008, ASCOS
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URN: urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-8485DOI: 10.5194/acp-2020-786OAI: oai:DiVA.org:polar-8485DiVA, id: diva2:1511424
Available from: 2020-12-18 Created: 2020-12-18 Last updated: 2020-12-18

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